North Korea media demands 'compensation' from Japan

North Korea's state media has demanded that Japan pay compensation for its colonisation of Korea between 1910 and 1945, Yonhap news agency reports.

Japan would not be able to live confidently in the international community without repenting, apologising and paying compensation for its wrongdoing, said the Rodong Sinmun newspaper, which is run by the Worker's Party.

"Our people have not forgotten the past sin committed by Japan even for a moment," it added.

Talk of a summit between Japan and North Korea has increased since Pyongyang's summits with Washington and Seoul.

North Korean people bid farewell to South Korean president Moon Jae-in and his wife in Pyongyang. (AAP)

North Korean state media has insisted that Japan first make amends for the past.

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has indicated he would be ready to meet North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un concerning the fate of Japanese kidnapped by Pyongyang to teach Japanese to North Korean spies.